A naive asset unwittingly helps the CIA’s Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) close in on a terrorist plotting against Americans. But the covert operation ultimately backfires with tragic consequences on “From A to B and Back Again,” Episode 406 of Showtime’s “Homeland.” Initially the op goes according to plan when Aayan Ibrahim (Suraj Sharma) mistakenly believes his new “girlfriend” Carrie was abducted by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. This ruse sends terrified Aayan running to the hideout of his uncle, Taliban leader Haissam Haqqani (Numan Acar). “All I thought about was you,” Aayan says to Carrie when...

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